Executive Summary: Leadership Webinar

Prepare for your company's Smart Restart by ramping up to lead. Milwaukee Tech Hub Coalition's CEO Kathy Henrich shines a light on the real-world problems of the pandemic and provides effective solutions, showcasing how it's important to seek opportunities in the chaos by helping others in the community instead of retreating to the backlines.

by Stephanie Siewert May 8, 2020

Smart Restart Considerations – Don’t Turtle Shell

I was delivering a webinar recently with Dr. Bob Hall from Launch and we started talking about the two responses to crisis. The first is to hope it goes away and the other is to accept, understand, and respond… seeking a new normal. When many companies talk about “Smart Restart” I think they are hoping […]

by Nathan Lasnoski May 6, 2020

Executive Summary: Remote Workforce Productivity Webinar

In the midst of shifting workforces prior to, during, or after a pandemic, Rockwell Automation's End User Technology Manager Brandon Lemery opens up a dialogue on what makes a company generate strong workflows when it comes to productivity with its employees, and how valuing the humanity of a worker propels them to succeed. 

by Stephanie Siewert May 5, 2020

Executive Summary: Customer Engagement Webinar

The discussion with LAUNCH's Executive Director Dr. Robert Hall prompted an excellent dialogue about the importance of keeping the customer and client central to your business plan, through the highs and even the lows.

by Stephanie Siewert May 1, 2020

Executive Summary: Demand & Inventory Webinar

Today's Demand & Inventory discussion was packed with insights from Microsoft Manufacturing Industry Executive Michael Walton. 

by Stephanie Siewert Apr 30, 2020

COVID Survival Kit: Remote Workforce Productivity

I recorded an interview on COVID response with Brandon Lemery from Rockwell Automation on Remote Workforfce Productivity. Brandon did an excellent job sharing how Rockwell has leveraged modern technologies and shifted their culture around the remote workforce ecosystem.

by Nathan Lasnoski Apr 22, 2020

What I learned about business by being a father

The greatest blessing I’ve been given has been to be a husband and a father to seven kids.  These experiences have shaped who I am and who I want to be.  They cause me to earnestly desire to serve my family in a sacrificial manner.   In looking at the lessons I’ve learned as a dad, […]

by Nathan Lasnoski Mar 27, 2020

COVID-19 Business Survival Kit

Ever watch “Man vs. Wild”? I remember him eating something crazy and thinking, wow… that’s pretty intense… I don’t know if I could do that. He said, “when you need to survive, you do what is necessary”. Even more, when you learn what you can do, you learn what you now must do and you […]

by Nathan Lasnoski Mar 24, 2020

Microsoft Teams Implementation - Remote Workforce Success Webinar Replay: Part I

COVID-19 continues to have a major impact on our communities and businesses. Is your workforce remote-ready? Learn more in Part One of our Remote Workforce Success Webinar Series.

Featured Content: Walk through the requirements for a successful Teams implementation including an Office 365 networking assessment, identity and security considerations, and end user enablement and considerations.

by Amy Cousland Mar 19, 2020

Coronavirus Remote Workforce: 5 Challenges for the Modern Workforce

Is your company ready to respond in a mature and appropriate way to the Coronavirus, while still delivering a similar level of productivity, company culture, and customer engagement? The stock market is saying “no”, most companies aren’t. In fact, the expectation is that trillions of dollars will leave the economy as a result of this […]

by Nathan Lasnoski Mar 4, 2020

10 Ways Manufacturers Can Do More with Less in 2023 - Part 1

As we enter the new year, manufacturers are assertively focusing on how they optimize their business during uncertain economic conditions.  The goal of most manufacturers is to do more with less, or at minimum optimize their ability to execute their mission for their customers.  Working with many manufacturers, I am seeing a variety of ways that companies can leverage technology to do more with less year. 

Part 1 of this series outlines the first five ways that manufacturers can do more with less.

by Nathan Lasnoski Jan 17, 2023

10 Ways Financial Services Organizations Can Do More with Less in 2023

As we enter the new year, financial services organizations are assertively focusing on how they optimize their business during uncertain economic conditions.  The goal of most businesses is to do more with less, or at minimum optimize their ability to execute their mission for their client.  In working with many financial services organizations, I am seeing a variety of ways that organizations are able to leverage technology to do more with less this year.   

by Nathan Lasnoski Jan 10, 2023

Optimizing Your M&A Machine During a Recession

A recession is the perfect time for many businesses to optimize their M&A machines.  Why?  Because recessions are often periods where winning companies continue to grow by eating up competitors and becoming even stronger.  So, how do you optimize an M&A machine during a recession (or even outside of it) to become more capable? 

by Nathan Lasnoski Mar 2, 2023